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to one, aud the ground was unfavourable for 

 cavalry, but led away by his own headlong 

 courage, and unappalled by numbers, this brave 

 soldier refused to retire, and, with the two 

 Sowars who nobly stood by him, fell sword in 

 hand, after killing a great number of the enemy. 

 One Kosah Sowar only escaped with life, and 

 he was severely wounded. 



Since that bloody encounter, now nearly 

 nine years ago, the border has been perfectly 

 tranquil, the predatory hill tribes never having 

 dared to make an inroad on territory so watched 

 and guarded as the north-west frontier. 



In 1857, the 1st regiment of Sindh Horse, 

 mustering 800 sabres, embarked on the Persian 

 expedition, and during the Indian mutiny the 

 men of the Sindh Horse were as distinguished 

 for fidelity to Government as they ever pre- 

 viously had been for devoted gallantry in the 

 field. 



In the year 1858, a third regiment was added 

 to this admirable soldiery, but alas, the north- 

 west frontier has lost the master spirit which 

 for years past has so ably and successfully held 

 in check the barbarous tribes that were 2^1'evi- 

 ously its scourge. 



